Recognised as Colour

#6963BE

#6963BE
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Medium purple

#6963BE is a blue with RGB values 105, 99, 190 and HSL 244°, 41%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium purple.

Colour values

#6963BE#6963BE

HEX#6963BE

RGBrgb(105, 99, 190)

RGB (0–1)0.4118, 0.3882, 0.7451

RGB percentages41.2%, 38.8%, 74.5%

HSLhsl(244, 41.2%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(244, 47.9%, 74.5%)

CMYK44.7%, 47.9%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,906,814

CSS custom property--colour: #6963BE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.15645WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness114.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.09:1

Contrast with white5.09:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black4.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#6B6B6B

Inverted#969C41

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3D71C1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#3A6BBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.3 from the original

Tritanopia#4E7687no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text4.13:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Medium purple · ΔE 14.1 Slate blue · ΔE 14.7 Dark slateblue · ΔE 16.5 Royal blue · ΔE 18.1 Rebecca purple · ΔE 21.8 Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium purple (#9370DB)ΔE 14.11, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B8BE63

Analogous#638BBE, #9663BE

Triadic#BE6963, #63BE69

Split complementary#BE9663, #8BBE63

Tetradic#BE638B, #B8BE63, #63BE96

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F3F3FA

Lighter +30%#D1CFEB

Lighter +20%#AEABDC

Lighter +10%#8C87CD

Darker −10%#4C46A8

Darker −20%#3C3784

Darker −30%#2C2860

Darker −40%#1B193C

More saturated +25%#5147DA

Less saturated −25%#817FA2

Channel breakdown

R105

G99

B190

Red105 (41.2%)

Green99 (38.8%)

Blue190 (74.5%)

Hue243.96°

Saturation (HSL)41.18%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 69 · G 63 · B BE

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